American Century Investments
                                4500 Main Street
                                 P.O. Box 419200
                        Kansas City, Missouri 64141-6200

March 5, 2002

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549

RE:  American Century Mutual Funds, Inc.
          1933 Act File No. 2-14213
          1940 Act File No. 811-0816

Ladies and Gentlemen:

    Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
undersigned hereby certifies that the form of prospectus and statement of
additional information that would have been filed under paragraph (b) or (c) of
Rule 497 with respect to the above-referenced issuer would not have differed
from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 96 filed February 28, 2002,
to the issuer's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, the text of which has been
filed electronically.

    If there are any questions or comments regarding this filing, please contact
the undersigned at (816) 340-7480.

Sincerely,


/s/Anastasia H. Enneking
Anastasia H. Enneking
Corporate Counsel